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Spain goes bullistic as big, fat lottery faces bald truthNews Story
The Bald One has left the Fat One. Now everyone's talking. For the past eight years, Spaniards have been cajoled into buying lottery tickets in El Gordo (the Fat One) the world's richest annual lottery draw by advertisements featuring El Calvo (the Bald One), a silent, mysterious figure showering good fortune at random upon Spaniards as a symbol of the Fat One's beneficence. But the Bald One, it seems, became too famous for his own good. Despite being one of the best-known faces on
Dec 20, 2006, 12:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Spain's El Gordo dishes out €2.6 billion in annual Christmas lotteryNews Story
Winning numbers announced during event that lasted four hours By Kate Northrop Millions of households have been tuning in to watch El Gordo (The Fat One), the world-famous lottery that doles out over two billion in prizes every year. This year, the lottery is distributing a whopping 2.6 billion (US$2.86 billion) in prizes to winners across the country. It's not uncommon to see people rushing out into the street and erupting in celebration as the event progresses, perhaps popping a bo
Dec 22, 2023, 12:20 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$2.7 billion El Gordo Christmas 2018 lottery drawing held in SpainReply
Too bad there wasn't an annual El Gordo here. I remember one town with the exception of one individual they all won big in El Gordo.
Dec 23, 2018, 5:39 pm - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

Would you support an American El Gordo?
It is a no-brainer! States could raise much-needed additional revenue at the end of each year with a Fat One !
Dec 25, 2015, 7:28 pm - myturn - Lottery Discussion Forum

African migrants win big in Spain Christmas lotteryReply
I will vote for an American El Gordo. Bring it on!
Dec 24, 2015, 4:43 pm - music* - Lottery News

El Gordo (The Fat One)Reply
FYI, one El Gordo ticket cost $243. How many tickets to you want?
Dec 23, 2014, 11:20 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Spaniards celebrate 'El Gordo' victories in world's biggest lotteryReply
He ganado 60,000 por un d cimo del Gordo de Navidad... Yo vivo cerca de la calle Zurbano, que es la administraci n que vendi el Gordo, cachisss!!! por poco compro un d cimo del primer premio. Y en enero hay un segundo sorteo llamado El Ni o , jejejejeje
Dec 23, 2014, 10:38 am - anubinareloaded - Lottery News

Spaniards celebrate 'El Gordo' victories in world's biggest lotteryReply
WOW! El Gordo, the world's biggest lottery raffle occurred , scooping up shares in over 2.2 billion euros (US$2.7 billion) in prizes doled out across Spain! And who knows, maybe some foreign visitors during raffle sales period won a couple million too! A very merry Christmas and new year/life to you major El Gordo raffle winners! Wish I could have played and won.
Dec 23, 2014, 1:45 am - HaveABall - Lottery News

Spain holds annual Christmas El Gordo lottery drawNews Story
The winners of Spain's cherished Christmas lottery the world's richest celebrated around the country Sunday, a moment of joy and relief after another year of a brutal financial crisis. Millions had been glued to their televisions on Sunday as 2.5 billion euros (US$3.4 billion) in prize money was distributed. The drawing is so popular that most of Spain's 46 million people watched at least part of the live four-hour show, hoping they would hear their ticket as school children called out the lu
Dec 22, 2013, 9:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

El GordoReply
No, I haven't posted an article yet. You can, however, buy El Gordo tickets (they have actually been available since July).
Dec 9, 2013, 2:22 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum